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A mixture of isomers that differ with respect to the position of the methyl group is formed in the methylation of 5,5-diethyl-6-imino-5,6-dihydro[1H, 3H]pyrimidine-2,4-dione with excess methyl iodide in the presence of ethoxide. Isomerization of the Dimroth-rearrangement type was observed. The mass spectra of the isomers are examined, and the IR spectra of the tautomeric forms are discussed.
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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 823–826, June, 1978.
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Voronin, V.G., Goncharenko, S.B., Portnov, Y.N. et al. Methylation of pyrimidine derivatives. Chem Heterocycl Compd 14, 675–678 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00481146
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